Railway-ticket.



J. D. BBS

RMLWAY Timmy.

APFLIGATIUN FILED JAN. 2, 1914l Feb. 23, w25.

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J. D. GIBBS.

RAILWAY TICKET.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. z, 1914.

Patented @10.23, 191.5.

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JAMES D. GIBBS, OFILOUIS'VILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR. TO G-IBIBS-INMANCOMPANY,

OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY-TICKET.

Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 23,1915.

Application led January 2, 1914. Serial No. 809,814.

To all whom 'it ma concern: l

Be it known t at I, JAMns D. Gines, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeiferson and State ofKentucky, have invented new and' useful Improvements in Railway-Tickets,of which the following is a specification.. My invention relates to theclass of rallway passage tickets known as local or station tickets, andhas for its object the increasing of the efficiency of each ticket and aconsequent reduction in the railway companys investment in tickets.I-Ieretofore all tickets of this class have been arranged to comprisetwo specific portions, a passage portion to be delivered to thepassenger, and a stub portion to: be retained by the agent as hisrecord.

In my ticket of destination stations, ticket, that the ticket'sellercan, with facilate a station in either column, whereb either partl` aspredetermined, unalterab y becomes the pa ticket and the part detachedtherefrom the agents record portion. n

In the accompanying"drawings-Figure 1 is a view of my ticket, severed orleirccuted for a given destination and class in one of the columns,whereby the part of the ticket bearing said indicated destination andclass becomes lthe passage portion and the other part the agents stub.Fig. 2 is the same ticket, -having indicated a destination and class inthe opposite column, thereby causing the passage portion and stubporthose shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are modified forms of my ticketdesigned to have the destination and class indica-ted with a shorter orsmaller notch if it be deemed desirable, or to utilize a cutter now incommon use, forming on the ticket a double point, as at i. Fig. 5 is aview of the cutter, showing its general form, but it is understood thatthe points of the cutter are made to conform to the specific arrangementof the I employ a double column so imposed upon the tickets inconnection with which they are to be used.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, A is the passage and B the stub portion; a a,are the destination stations; b b are they record stations and c c theclass indicia. All other printing on the ticket is of the customary formexcept that instead of designating one part ofthe ticket as an agentsstub, both halves of it are printed identically, numbered in duplicatein the spaces d d, and adapted to utilize either half of the ticket asthe passage portion, the unused portion automatically becoming theagents stub or record portion.

In Fig. 5,0 is the base block, D is the straight edge, having the fixedpoints e e', f is the retaining strip for the sliding point g. Thestraight-edge is normally held a short distance above the block by smallsprings at each end While h h z.` klare screws anchoring straight-edgeto the block.

In practice, the ticket is placed under the straight-edge so that theproper class designation comes directly opposite and adjacent to one ofthe fixed points of the cutter and the column of stations in which thedestinationfis located is in full sight; the cutter 1s then pressed downupon the ticket and the sliding point is moved up or down thestraight-edge until it registers exactly with the elected destination,when, with a brisk movement, the free end of the ticket is raised untilthe points have cut through it, and the separation of the passageportion from the stub or agents portion is completed by tearing theticket along the straight-edge. In case the desired destination shouldbe found in the other column I of stations, the operator will reverse orinvert the ticket and place the opposite side of it under the cutter.The portion having the notches is the passage portion, while thatbearing the tongues or projections'is the stub portion.

If the ticket is sold under conditions requiring no class designation,it is placed under the cutter between the two fixed points thereof andthe sliding point is used to indicate the destination. i

' It is well known that the tongue or projections on the stubs of alltickets of this class are liable to mutilation, not infrequently whollyor partially obliterating the station name on the end of the tongue,leaving the auditor in doubt as to the exact destination for which theticketwas sold. To overcome thi-s1 preferably show on the tongue of theagents stub at least one station printed on either side of thedestination station as it appears in Fig. 1, thereby enabling theauditor, in case the tip of the projection is defaced, to determine thedestination by comparing' the' stub with any i? other ticket of the sameform. Or, if -deemed desirable I claim the right, without departing fromthe spirit'of my invention,

5 to remove all the secondary stations a' sui'lio iiice and station, aswell as the labor of 'accounting are proportionately diminished.

Having described my' invention, what'I now claim is: 1. A railway tickethaving margin portions printed with ticket matter in duplicate, andbetween said margin portions two principal rows or columns of differentstation names, and having opposite each name of each column a repeat ofsaid name, said ticket being adapted to be separated between saidcolumns into two parts whereby either part may serve as a passageportion or agents stub.

2. A railway ticket having printed thereon in reverse order twoprincipal rows-or columns of diierent station names and having oppositeeach name of each column a repeat of said name, said ticket beingadapted to be separated between said columns y into two parts, and eachpart bearing ticket data whereby either one may serve as a passageportion or agents stub.

3. A railway tlcket havingl printed thereon two principal rows orcolumns of diii'erent station names and between said columns -two rowsof repeats of the names of the parts and each of said parts having 4. Arailway tlcket having lprinted theretwo rows or columns of differentstation names and having opposite each name of each column a repeat oflsaid name, said ticket being adapted to be separated between -on inreverse order and staggered relation said columns into two parts andeach of said parts bearing ticket data whereby either part may serve'asa passage portion or agents stub.

, JAMES D. GIBBS.

Witnesses: y C. W. EAKEN, M.'S. HUNCILMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each,A by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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